The Winery Firestone of Santa Ynez Valley of California

Winery Firestone
The winery offers 44 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Foley Family Wines.
It is ranked in the top 23 of the estates of California.
It is located in Santa Ynez Valley in the region of California
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The Winery Firestone is one of the world's great estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in of Santa Ynez Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Firestone wines

Looking for the best Winery Firestone wines in Santa Ynez Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Firestone wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Firestone wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Firestone

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Firestone

How Winery Firestone wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of quick crayfish chicken, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or goat cheese and tomato sandwich.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Firestone

On the nose the white wine of Winery Firestone. often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Firestone. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Firestone

  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.67/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Firestone.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Riesling
  • Gewürztraminer

Discovering the wine region of Santa Ynez Valley

Highly diverse east-west Santa Barbara AVA (1°F rise per mile inland, AVA 1983, 70+ grapes): cool in the west, Pinot Noir reigns in reds and vibrant Chardonnay in whites. Central Ballard Canyon, fleshy, spicy Syrah. Hotter east, structured Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, Rhône varieties. Also Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and Gewurztraminer.

Includes Sta. Rita Hills, Happy Canyon, Ballard Canyon, a remarkable climatic mosaic.

The top red wines of Winery Firestone

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Firestone

How Winery Firestone wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef casserole, pork chops with mustard or rabbit with mustard in a casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Firestone

On the nose the red wine of Winery Firestone. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Firestone. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Firestone

  • 2007With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.84/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Firestone.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Petit Verdot

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.

The top pink wines of Winery Firestone

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Firestone

How Winery Firestone wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a crust (onions & mustard), the secrets of croque-monsieur or duckling with bigarrade.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Firestone

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Firestone.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Grenache
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Private cellar

A term that designates an estate or a château belonging to a winegrower or a family, as opposed to a cooperative cellar that brings together member winegrowers.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Firestone

Planning a wine route in the of Santa Ynez Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Firestone.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.